The success of others, doesn't take away from the success of myself. I have a horrible tendency to compare myself to others and what I'm doing to what they are doing.
I woke up sad today, someone I know is releasing a book today... their book is for sale and I am still sitting here with no book written or published but when I opened my email, I had a royalty payment from one of the short erotic stories that I have written and published to the kindle store on amazon as a self publisher... that made me feel that even though I haven't written the book that I want to, what I am doing is just fine. My husband called the radio today and mentioned me, the radio hosts knew who I was from all the times I've called in so that also made me feel better about who I am and what I do. It doesn't matter if someone I know is working 3 jobs while I can't find 1. It doesn't matter if a family member takes 3 vacations a year, while I barely make it 2 hours from home for a date weekend. It doesn't matter if my sister can paint and I can barely draw. It doesn't matter if that house is bigger and that yard is greener, that car is faster and that job is better. I am so guilty of getting into a negative mindset based solely on someone else's negativity and that is a habit that I am actively trying to break. We can't let other's bad days affect us, some people don't have "bad days", they are a bad day. No matter what is going on in their life all they can focus on is what is going wrong. One of my most said statements is "mind over matter", it doesn't mean that if it's not on your mind, it doesn't matter... it means that your mind is a powerful thing and no matter what is going on, your mindset matters. You can be the happiest person in the world on the surface but if your mind is depressed, it can be seen in your eyes. I do what I do and I need to be happy with me. I need to know that my success is not valued on the success of others but what I do as me, for me and mine. So, to all of those that are out there doing what they do without the acknowledgement of anyone else, to those that think what they are doing is small on the grand scheme, to those that just don't feel successful... YOU ARE! Every day is worth celebrating and every one is a success story!
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